Search Results by tag: Austin Clarke

André Alexis, Austin Clarke, Olive Senior longlisted for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Three Toronto authors have been nominated for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning authors André Alexis and Austin Clarke, along with poet and novelist Olive Senior, are among nine Caribbean authors ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Word on the Street Toronto announces 2013 lineup

By Maria Siassina

Word on the Street Toronto has revealed an early lineup for its 2013 festival. The annual event will take place at Queen's Park Sept. 22. This year's headliner is Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner Joseph Boyden, whose ... Read More »

July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Austin Clarke wins $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Sue Carter

Toronto's International Festival of Authors has named Austin Clarke this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize. According to an IFOA press release, Clarke was selected by the jury “ television producer Denise Donlon, ... Read More »

September 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Toronto libraries have best year ever

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report in the Toronto Star, the Toronto Public Library had its best year ever last year in terms of patron usage. Library users checked out more than 31 million items (books, magazines, ... Read More »

January 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian writers get Airsick

By Nathan Whitlock

On Saturday, the Toronto Star published a number of eco-themed essays by such CanLit luminaries as David Adams Richards, Margaret Atwood, Jane Urquhart, Austin Clarke, Robert Bateman, Wayne Grady, John Wilson, and Stephen Marche. (True ... Read More »

January 21, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

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